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Superdeep Nighthawks: Porco Rosso (Miyazaki 1992) | Aug 21, 8:08pm
8:08pm | IB 1008 Another Superdeep year, another cast of Nighthawks. Come join us for Hayao Miyazaki‘s 1992 Porco Rosso (…& food & drink). Thu Aug 21, 8:08pm IB 1008. (8:08 food; 8:18 screening) *** Superdeep Nighthawks meet on Thu eve (~9pm till late); more info here. To propose a screening, follow this link; for more info […]
Congratulations to the 2025–26 HRC Grant Recipients!
The Humanities Research Center is delighted to announce the recipients of this year’s grants and initiatives. Congratulations to our faculty and collaborators whose projects have been awarded support across Large Grants, Small Grants, Duke/DKU Collaborative Grants, HUM Space Exhibits, Manuscript Workshops, Labs, and Initiatives. From conferences and workshops to exhibits and labs, these projects showcase […]
Explore Digital Humanities at HRC – 2025 Fall Conference Invitation
Date – Friday, August 29, 2025 Keynotes & Panels – 10:45 AM, AB1087 Gala Dinner and Celebration of Faculty Publications – 6:15PM ,AB Dining Hall Join us for the Fall Conference on Digital Humanities on Friday, August 29, 2025, at HRC! The day features keynote lectures by Mark Hansen (Duke) and Adel-Jing Wang (Zhejiang […]
Flora and Feminists: The Subversive Science of Botany Symposium, Exhibition and Workshop
Join Us for Flora and Feminists: The Subversive Science of Botany Symposium, Exhibition and Workshop! When:Friday, September 12 & Saturday, September 13, 2025 Where:DKU Campus – LIB 1115 & WDR 1003 Explore the powerful connections between plants, culture, and feminist perspectives through engaging talks, workshops, and an exhibition opening. Highlights include: Expert talks on ethnobotany […]
Don’t Miss This Special Event: Honoring the Legacy of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – June 5
We are excited to invite you to a powerful and thought-provoking event celebrating one of Africa’s greatest literary and intellectual figures—Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Thinking in Plage and with PlaceCelebrating and Commemorating the Work and Life of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Date: June 5, 2025Time: 9:00 a.m. (South Africa) | 3:00 p.m. (China)Zoom Meeting […]
The Archives of the Royal Asiatic Society, China
In September 2024 the Humanities Research Center launched its pilot partnership program with the Royal Asiatic Society, China (RAS). Under the supervision of DKU Associate Dean James Miller and DKU Archivist Ryder Kouba, students William Tran (DKU’28) and Elliot Aung (DKU’28) undertook the work of digitizing the library’s archives and catalog respectively. Background The RAS […]
Event Report on Female + Film: Women: Their voices, and the stories we shared
Reported by Yuqing Wang (Class of 2025) On the evening of May 7th, we gathered at the second-floor screening room of the DKU Library to watch the documentary Woman. Directed by Anastasia Mikova and Yann Arthus-Bertrand, this film doesn’t follow a traditional narrative—it offers no commentary or storyline. Instead, it invites 2,000 women from over 50 […]
Eco-Emancipation Conference
Date: April 10 -12 Location: Lib1115 As climate change accelerates and ecosystems face unprecedented threats, rethinking humanity’s relationship with nature has never been more urgent. Eco-emancipation brings together leading scholars from around the world to explore new frameworks for environmental justice, biocultural rights, and the political and legal recognition of non-human life. This conference will […]
Harmony Lab Conference – “Confucianism, Family, and Women”
May 9 (Friday) 9:00-12:00 AB (Academic Building) 1087 Harmony Lab is holding its first conference on Friday, May 9, 2025, sharing a year-long project. The Harmony Lab is a nexus of philosophical research undertaken by Duke University, Duke Kunshan University, and Wuhan University. It builds on and extends the Harmony Lab at Duke University’s […]
Event Report: Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S.
Archives and History Initiative, by Disty Mahmud ‘26 and Yuruo Zhang ‘27 On April 30th, the Archives and History Initiative hosted Professor Joseph Giacomelli, who presented on his research paper, Unnatural Rain: Legitimizing Weather Modification in the Cold War U.S. The talk explored how weather modification, especially cloud seeding, was framed and justified during the […]
